Hurricane
by Andrew Salkey
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A lively illustrated masterpiece, this is the gripping story of a natural disaster and the 13-year-old Kingston boy who lives to tell the tale. While holed up in their home, Joe Brown, his sister Mary, and their parents wait for the eye of the hurricane to pass over their home. Outside, a terrifying wind turns trees to splinters, darkness swallows the land, and torrential rains lash the roof. Celebrating Jamaica's resilience in the face of natural disasters, this account follows the family show more as they huddle, worry, wait, and hope--together. show lessTags
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I recently bought this book after tirelessly trying to remember its title. I grew up with this book in my house and loved to read it from time to time. It is a very nostalgic read, bringing one back to the days of preparing for a hurricane in the country, whilst trying to remain as calm as possible. Even though it states that it is a childrens book, I still pick it up and flip through the pages as an adult.
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Hurricanes -- children's/young adult fiction
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Born in Panama and educated in Jamaica and London, Salkey is an important critic and anthologist who uses African folk tales and variegated West Indian popular culture, such as cultism, as sources for his novels and short stories. His first novel, A Quality of Violence (1959), focuses on life in rural Jamaica. His later novels portray urban, show more middle-class protagonists unable to relate to others because of racial, cultural, or class differences. Salkey is also a poet and a writer of travel literature. As a writer, he attempts to forge a distinctive West Indian personality out of the diversity of the various ethnic sources. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Hurricane
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Tween, Young Adult, Kids
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PZ7 — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- 28
- Popularity
- 978,067
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (2.75)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 1
